Fountain-pen-filling and ink-packaging device.



H. N. CARPENTER.

FOUNTAIN PEN FILLING AND INK PACKAGING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1912.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

HAROLD N. CARPENTER, F WOODFORD, VERMONT.

FOUNTAIN-PEN-FILLING AND INK-PACKAGING DEVICE meagre.

Application filed February 12, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD N. CARPENTER, acitizen of the United Statesof America, residing at lVoodford, in the county of Bennington and Stateof Vermont, have invented a new and useful Fountain-Pen-Filling andInk-Packaging Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ink containers provided with means for fillingfountain pens or similar objects,

. Some of the objects of my invention, are to provide an inexpensive,simple. cleanly, and rapidly operating device for filling pens of theclass described, and one whichat the throat member. forming a part ofthe complete device. Fig. 3, is an elevation of the stopper or closurefor the whole.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the inelastic body portion of. thereceptacle or container opened at both ends. which may be made of glassor other suitable material such as is not iniuriously afl'ected,'or willnot injuriously affect the ink, and which possesses the necessarystrength and other qualities of a desirable container and transporter.It is preferably though not necessarilv of cylindrical form. Its top iscontracted to form a neck 2 and a flange or beading 3 encircles the topof the neck, and a similar flange 4 encircles the bottom of the whole.

5 is an elastic and compressible member of suitable material having ageneral dome shape, and projecting into the body portion of thereceptacle, the outer edge of which is preferably formed with a turnedup rim; and is adapted to overlap the bottom of t e receptacle 1, andthe flange or heading 4, above and around which it is secured bysuitable binding or clamping means 7. The dome shaped portion of theelastic member projects into the interior of the receptacle, and thewhole is made air tight bv the binding means above mentioned. Dependingfrom the dome shaped portion is a tongue or Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Serial No. 677,025.

finger piece 8, of such length so as to permit it to be manipulated insuch a Way as to oscillate the elastic member within the receptacle 1. a

9 is an elastic member which is formed so as to constitute a cap orcover, the walls 10 of which overlap the neck 2 of the receptacle, fromwhich it is prevented from slipping by the flange or beading 3. It isobvious that it maybe further rendered more secure bv binding it belowthe flange if desired. The member 9 is further formed or provided with atubular or funnel shaped portion 11 depending therefrom andinto the neck2, and is so shaped that the opening 12 is adapted to be closed airtight by the insertion of the pen to be filled.

13 is a stopper, adapted, when the filler is not in use, to close theopening 12.

As a pen filler the operation of the device is as follows: On removingthe stopper 13, the pen is inserted in the funnel 11, without removingthe nibs portion from the barrel, and passes through the opening 12 intothe interior of the receptacle, forming an air tight contact with thefunnel 11. The filler and pen are next inverted, and the elastic member5, is oscillated bv means of the tongue 8, until the pen is filled. Theoscillation of the elastic member, when in this position, sucks theairout, and forces the ink into the pen, without the delay and annoyanceof unscrewing and replacing the pen portion with the consequentuncleanliness.

I am aware that prior to my invention, pen filling devices which exhaustthe air from the inserted pen, and subsequently fill it Withthecontained ink, have been devised, I therefore do not claim such a devicebroadly, but on the other hand I do not limit myself to any particularsize, shape, proportion or material, for my improved device as aboveshown and described may be departed from in those respects withoutdeparting from my invention.

Where I have used the words fountain I pen I mean to include by thatterm any volume when compressed or allowed to retract by its ownelasticity.

\Vh at I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is,

1. A fountain pen filling device comprising a receptacle having aninelasticbody portion, and an elastic tube secured to one end of saidbody portion and adapted to receive the fountain pen, and an elastic andcompressible member having a manipulating tongue secured to the otherend of the body portion.

2. A fountain pen filling device, comprising a receptacle having at oneend elastic means adapted to receive a fountain pen, and an elasticmember secured to the other end of the receptacle, and means dependingtherefrom for manipulating said elastic member.

3. A fountain pen filling device. comprising a receptacle having at oneend elastic means adapted to receive the fountain pen, and an elasticmember secured to the other end of the receptacle and projectingthereinto, and means depending therefrom for manipulating said elasticmember.

4. A fountain pen filling device, comprising a receptacle having at oneend elastic means adapted to receive a fountain pen, and an elasticmember secured to the other end of the receptacle, said member beingprovided with means for retracting said member away from the receptacleso as to increase the interior volume of the latter.

HAROLD N. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

RAY A. Voon, CHAS. A. LAW.

